F.F. Bruce, "The End of the First Gospel," The Evangelical Quarterly 12 (1940): 203-214.
Bruce concludes:
Thus our study of the closing paragraph of Matthew’s Gospel suggests that our application of the great commission must control our application of the rest of the book. If it is for the Church, so also is the Lord’s Prayer, despite assertions that its use by the Church “is wrong, decidedly unchristian” and that the future remnant “will undoubtedly use this prayer during the great tribulation”. It is not its use, but its misuse, that is “wrong, decidedly unchristian”. And as we use it aright and pray “Thy kingdom come”, let us realize that it is partly in our own power to “hasten the coming of the day of God” by fulfilling the terms of this commission; for “this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come”―that “end” which will be but the beginning of the new, unending day...
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